Horseshoe.



A. FUCHS & F. TILLMANN$.

HOESESHOE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, mb.

981,754. Patented Jan. 17,1911.

"nrrs rarrns en EhlT ALOIS FUCHS, OF LEIPZIG-LINDENAU, AND FRITZ TILLMANNS. OF LEIPZIG-GOHLIS,

GERMANY.

HORSESHOEI Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we. ZiLois FI'CHS, a snh- I jeet ot' the l hnperor of Anst ria-lli ingary ind a resident oi 3 llnrg-aiieiistra se Leipzig;- liindenau, Germany, and Farm 'liriinaxxs, a subject of the l hnperor of Germany, of S l ritzsehestrasse, LeipZig-Gohlis Germany, have invented a certain new and Horseshoe; and we do hereh declare the useful inwardly inelinedlront wall 6. The hindpart 7) has two side cheeks (Z and e. The parts a and I) are formed with steps the step on the one part being adapted to overlap the step on the other part. The two parts (1 and i' are connected together by sliding the parts against each other until the steps overlap, and holes formed in the latter, are coincident with each other following to he a full. elear, and exae; do

' The eonneiaion hetween the two parts a i and /,1 is therehy rendered lirm and lasting,

seription ol" the invention. sueh as will enahle others skilled in the art to wlneh it appertains to make and use the same. reterenee heing had to the aeeompanying draw are fastened by nails to the horse's hoofs.

It has already been proposed with the ohand to letters of roterenee marked:

whereupon serews a are inserted in the holes and the horseshoe can only he removed by rinse-rowing the serews /i, whieh can he done in an exceedingly simple manner with the minimum inconvenience to the animal when jeetof avoiding the damage to the hool.

caused by repeated nailingot' horseshoes thereto, and of preserving it for a longer period,

to nail a hase plate to the hoot which is intended to he retained perina-s nently thereon, and designed to ree ive an outer olate formin the a'eari-ti iart oi i J. b b

the lnirseshoe.

Now the present invention has lot its ohject to provide an improved horseshoe whirli shall ohviate all of the dismlvantages oi" existing nailed-on horseshoes and whieh will have also certain other advantages.

The improved horseshoe is (resigned to he fastened 0n the hoot in such a fast and immovable manner as to exelude the casting or 1 any other unintentioinil falling oil" of the horseshoe.

Further the manner in which the improved horseshoe, is fixed on and removed from the hoof, and the operations necessary for those purposes are so extremely simple,

that a great saving of time is etleeled in shoeing a horse therewith. while in ury and iin-ouvenieiiee lo the animal are redueed to a minimum. it not prevented altogether.

One eonstruetional term of this inrei ion is illustrated hv wav ol example in theatreompanvin; drawings in \Ylllt'l12- Figure l is a ventral longitudinal verlieal section 01 the improved horseshoe. and l ig. 2 is a perspective view thereol'.

In the example shown. the. improved horseshoe comprises a torepart n' and a hindpart (2. The part (I has an upwardl and it is desired to remove the shoe.

' The improved horseshoe can he divided longitudinally, instead of transwersely as shown in the example.

Tlhe middle part of the shoe with the center srrew ran he omitted if desired or a greater nuniher ot st-rews may he einploye The eonstrnetion oi the. improved horseshoe may he further variously modified so long as the nature of the invention is preserved. namely as long as the horsesl'ioe is made oil two or more parts adapted to he slid into engagement with one another around the liool in snrh a manner as with the aid of upwardly extending side. portions to l'orm a horseshoe whieh is held firmly and reliahly together hy means of one or more serews.

What we claim is:

l. in a horse-shoe, the combination. of a one-pieee tron t tread-part having rigidly secured thereto an inclined front wall and pro 'vided. at its rear part, with a plurality of steps; a one-piet-e rear tread-part separate from the front tread part having rigidly seemed to its'rear part upstanding side rheelxs and. at its front part steps adapted to underlap the steps of the front tread part; and serews passing through said steps to fasten the from and rea treadqiarts together.

2. lna horse-shoe the eomhination of, a front tread-part ha vine rightly secured and provided. at its rear part; with a pair of overlapping side steps and an underlappingniiddle step; a rear tread part hav ing; rigidly seem-ed to its rear part. upstandin; sidea-iieelis. and toits front part underlapping side steps and an over-lapping midone-piece front tread part having an upstanding inclined front Wall, side wings provlded at the rear part with over-lapping steps, and a central tongue provided at its rear part with an under-lapping step; a rear tread-part having, at its rear part, upstanding side checks, and, at its front part,

a cross-bar having side steps adapted to underlap the side steps of the front treadpart, and a middle-step adapted to overlap the step of the central tongue; and screws passing through the respective lapping steps. y

In testimony whereof We have aflixed our 20 signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

ALOIS FUCHS.

FRITZ TILLMANNS.

Witnesses RUDOLPH FRIGKE, ALBERT R. Monmvn'rz. 

